The Daily Northwestern – February 25, 2019

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The battle for fossil fuel divestment After setbacks, Fossil Free Northwestern rebuilds movement

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Feinberg Prof. Philip Greenland, chair of the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility. The ACIR has received its first investment proposal over two years after the committee’s founding.

ACIR assesses ethical investments Advisory committee receives first proposal for energy investment

By JOSHUA IRVINE

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Having received its first proposal earlier this year, the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility began to gain traction nearly two years after it was

founded with a mission to guide ethical investments of the University’s endowment.

The committee, which is designed to encourage social and ethical responsibility in the investment of the University’s endowment, held a public meeting Tuesday, where it heard a proposal from Fossil Free Northwestern

requesting the University divest itself of holdings in oil, gas and coal companies.

Northwestern owns stock in Black Stone Minerals, a natural gas and oil corporation, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission quarterly filing earlier this month.

Plans for the committee were

first announced in a March 2016 email to students. The University’s Chief Investment Officer, William H. McClean, had floated the idea to form the committee as early as April 2015.

Feinberg Prof. Dr. Philip Greenland, the chair of the ACIR, » See ACIR PAGE 6

It was 2015, and everything was falling into place for Fossil Free Northwestern.

For one, the group had won student support: In a referendum included on the Associated Student Government presidential election ballot, 74 percent of voters said they were in favor of the University’s divesting from coal. And after rounds of revisions and hours of in-group strategizing, Fossil Free Northwestern had finally produced a proposal mandating the University eliminate holdings in coal companies to submit directly to the Board of Trustees.

But then their efforts reached a standstill.

The Board of Trustees rejected the proposal, sending Fossil Free Northwestern back to the drawing board. The defeat was damaging, Communication senior and member of Fossil Free Northwestern Leo

Gallagher said, launching the group into a period of rebuilding and bringing policy to a standstill.

Now, nearly four years later, the activists are back on their feet, having successfully negotiated new administrative structures to receive feedback and make progress on their goals.

But some Northwestern community members are concerned that transparency issues on the part of the University complicate these efforts.

The fallout

After Fossil Free Northwestern’s bid for divestment was rejected in 2015, Gallagher said he, along with other students, entered negotiations with the administration to find a way to move forward and build a more transparent relationship with NU’s Board of Trustees.

The result was the creation of the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility, composed of students, faculty, staff and alumni, which had its first meeting in May 2017.

Melissa Passalacqua, the vice chair of ACIR, said the goal of the committee is to “provide » See FOSSIL, page 6

State eyes weed legalization Waskow talks climate change IL Governor will ‘legalize, tax and regulate’ sales

By JAMES POLLARD

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Last week, the Evanston Police Department seized over 500 grams of marijuana, including THC-laced Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, arresting their owner.

While legalizing possession of that many grams might not be part of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan, the recently-inaugurated former businessman wants to legalize recreational marijuana “nearly right away” in Illinois.

“In the interests of keeping the public safe from harm, expanding true justice in our criminal justice system and advancing economic inclusion,

I will work with the legislature to legalize, tax and regulate the sale of recreational cannabis in Illinois,” Pritzker said in his inaugural address.

John Sullivan, the director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture, said state lawmakers are currently working on the language of such a law. While the state legalized medicinal marijuana in 2013, Illinois could become the 11th state to legalize marijuana for people over the age of 21.

“I don’t think anybody really knows what the ultimate final piece of legislation will look like,” Sullivan said. “The Department certainly has the expertise with regard to the medicinal that we think we can use some of that experience if and when recreational happens here in Illinois.”

Pritzker also said that he would review and commute

the sentences of those who have been imprisoned for marijuana offenses. Proponents of a legalization bill introduced last March say it would raise $350 million to $700 million dollars in taxes.

Sullivan said the Department of Agriculture will work with the governor’s office on the issue and emphasized his department’s work with the current medicinal marijuana program, which lawmakers expanded last August. Currently in its pilot program, qualified patients can purchase up to 2.5 ounces of medicinal marijuana from a licensed dispensary every two weeks for 90 days, though the prescription may be renewed.

Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Ryan Glew said he cannot determine how the EPD would enforce such a law, since it » See MARIJUANA, page 6

World Resources Institute director speaks at EPL

By SNEHA DEY

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Right now is the “best of times and worst of times” to fight climate change, said David Waskow, the director of the International Climate Initiative at the World Resources Institute.

Waskow discussed economic policy as an approach to fight climate change at the Evanston Public Library Friday afternoon. North Shore Village, a nonprofit for local senior activists, sponsored the event.

Despite a growing environmental risk urging a need for immediate action, Waskow said initiatives like the Paris Climate Agreement point to a global consensus for change and offered hope.

Waskow said direct-action youth movements like the Sunrise

Movement and Extinction Rebellion are one answer for environmental change.The Sunrise Movement, a grassroots organization, has advocated for climate change policy like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) Green New Deal. The Extinction Rebellion, an international movement, uses nonviolent resistance to fight ecological collapse. He also brought up 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, who started the first school strike for climate change outside the Swedish parliamentary building.

He said sit-ins and growing pressure from youth groups alone cannot galvanize change. Multiple industries like energy, transportation and food and agriculture have been affected, Waskow said, and concrete statistics on the negative environmental effects can further motivate the call for change.

“With so many dimensions

involved… you have to tackle different emotions in dealing with (climate change),” Waskow said.

“It’s the greatest global challenge of this century.”

Waskow said a change in carbon consumption would create a major shift in the job market. He questioned how to encourage residents to engage in the economic shift and how to ensure people are equipped with skills for new jobs in sustainable energy.

He said India modeled a quick shift toward sustainability. Since 2016, India has doubled the use of solar energy every year, a feat Waskow called a “remarkable story.” He said the lack of energy access known as “energy poverty” drove such a dramatic change.

Implementing a carbon tax, an economic policy widely debated » See CRISIS, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Residents voice concerns at state Rep.’s office hours

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North Shore residents had the chance on Saturday to voice their concerns directly to the office of state Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston).

Gabel’s chief of staff Karen McCormick hosted public office hours at First Slice Pie Cafe, 1823 Church St. While Gabel typically hosts her office hours personally, McCormick said she filled in this Saturday because of a family emergency. Since 2010, Gabel has served as the state representative for Illinois’ 18th District, which includes Evanston, Wilmette and Winnetka, among other neighborhoods in the North Shore.

Hearing from her constituents is one of Gabel’s priorities, McCormick said.

“We like to have office hours all over the district to give people an opportunity to come out and express the things that they’re concerned about,” McCormick said,”So Representative Gabel knows what’s going on and what she can do to help.”

Evanston resident James Genden said he is concerned that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration might tax retirement income as a way to generate revenue for the state.

Though Pritzker’s initial budget proposal released Wednesday made no indication of removing the tax exemption for retirement income currently in place, 70-year-old Genden said he is concerned that his retirement funds could be taxed.

“I spent my entire life being very, very frugal,” Genden said. “I would put one-third of my income in tax-deferred retirement accounts. Now, the chickens

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for cannabis possession

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Feb.13 in the 500 block of Howard Street after cannabis was discovered in his vehicle.

Evanston Police Department officers were patrolling the area when they stopped a black Toyota Camry with an equipment violation,

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Karen McCormick, state Rep. Robyn Gabel’s chief of staff, speaks with Wilmette resident John Plante at Gabel’s office hours. North Shore constituents voiced their concerns and make proposals to the office of their state representative.

are coming home to roost.”

Genden said he was also skeptical of state officials’ tax returns. He said Gabel should propose a law mandating that the top Illinois politicians release full tax returns to the public.

The current lack of transparency has led to conflicts of interest, Genden said, such as state Sen. John Cullerton’s (D-Chicago) alleged ownership interest in the development group motioning to pave over part of the

Canal Shores Golf Course in Evanston and Wilmette.

Cullerton serves as an attorney for Dick Keefe of the Dick Keefe Development Corporation, Larry Mages — the vice president of the board of the Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association — previously told The Daily in November 2018.

Providing public tax returns is relevant to constituents to understand what these public officials are doing, Genden said.

according to a Feb. 22 news release. Officers noticed the man driving the vehicle was “visibly nervous,” and they detected an odor of cannabis coming from the car, according to the release.

EPD officers searched the vehicle and recovered a switchblade knife, cash valued at $4,000 and various forms of cannabis, including 277

grams of suspected cannabis, 13 THC oil pens and one bag of THC-laced Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Officers interviewed the man about the recovered money, and he admitted he had been delivering cannabis, according to the news release.

The man was arrested and transported to the EPD. He was charged with two felonies,

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“If you want public office and public trust, that’s a price you should pay,” Genden said.

Wilmette resident John Plante — who sits on the Metra board of directors — also proposed that Gabel advocate for a capital bill to provide funding for the public transit system.

Plante said Metra needs about $1.5 billion a year just to cover repairs to the transit system. Typically, the transit system has opted to repair old cars rather than to buy new ones “to make ends meet,” he said.

He said repairing old vehicles is especially challenging in extreme weather. Replacing air conditioning units in old train cars takes four days, Plante said, whereas the process takes only hours in the new cars.

Plante said he would like to turn the Union Pacific/ North line — which runs through the North Shore — into an electric-powered train, but financial constraints limit this development.

“You can’t get much greener than that,” Plante said.

“We’d like to do that, but the immediate financial needs are such that without substantial capital money, we’re not going to get it done.”

McCormick, the chief of staff, said she will present these concerns to Gabel and get back to constituents on potential future steps.

Ideas presented in meeting with 18th District constituents generate some of Gabel’s “best bills,” McCormick said.

“It’s a great opportunity to find out what people are doing,” McCormick said. “We actually have taken some of the ideas that people have brought into our office and turned them into legislation.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu

three misdemeanors and one citation, including unlawful possession of cannabis and unlawful use of a weapon, the news release said.

The man is set to appear in court at the Skokie Courthouse in March. ­— Ashley Capoot

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Despite politics, Islam inspires activism

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This article is the third in a series on religious involvement on Northwestern’s campus. In the midst of studies showing declining levels of religiosity among college students, the series will spotlight different religious groups’ methods and thoughts on maintaining their faith.

Growing up, Tahera Ahmad initially wanted to be a biochemist.

Ahmad was a senior in high school during the attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and she said the subsequent discrimination and learning process she faced changed her career path. Now, Ahmad is Northwestern’s director of interfaith engagement and associate chaplain. “(In college), I wish I had someone who was there, not only as a mentor, but (as) someone who understood what that painful journey must be like, and be able to talk to someone,” Ahmad said. “I didn’t have that. And so I wanted to be able to be there.”

The politicization of Islam affected Ahmad, but she said being a person of faith informs her advocacy for the marginalized and unifies people in activism. However, she said she often has to answer questions about her views on Syria, Iraq, wearing a hijab and a litany of political issues rather than the practice or rituals of Islam.

Ahmed said the national conversation around Islam, particularly as discussed by President Donald Trump, is convoluted because the religion is portrayed as being monolithic, despite the fact that there is a diversity of Muslim people and countries. She also said there’s a wide range of policies

deployed by the U.S. government toward Muslims.

In particular, Ahmad called out the discrepancy between Trump’s rhetoric of danger around American Muslims and his “buddy-buddy” relationship with Saudi Arabia. Therefore, negative statements about Muslims are both dangerous and hypocritical, she said.

“Certain statements can actually be very problematic, because, you know, the number of times you repeat something to say, ‘Oh, Muslims are radical’, or ‘Muslims are terrorists’ — that then becomes the understanding of the vast majority of Americans,” Ahmad said.

Weinberg sophomore Jihad Esmail said since Trump’s election, he’s gotten a lot more questions about his opinions on political issues as a Muslim.

However, Esmail said he finds that to be a “positive development” because people will ask their Muslim friends and colleagues rather than refer to secondary sources.

Esmail said his Muslim faith is “inherently political” because, quoting activist Linda Sarsour, the actions of Muslims in America are automatically politicized by both the government and society.

The experience of having his religion politicized informs his political beliefs, he said, making him more accepting of others and willing to advocate for their rights.

Having been raised by a “firmly religious” family, Esmail said there are aspects of Islam that impact his politics as well.

“A fundamental principle of Islam is just going out of your way to fight back against injustice when you see it,” Esmail said. “That doesn’t just mean injustice against Muslims, but injustice against anybody in your society. I feel like that is a really important thing that is kind of counter to a lot of people’s opinions and views of Islam that I wish people would get.”

Similarly, Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who spoke at Northwestern on Feb. 7 as the keynote speaker during Discover Islam week, said his Muslim faith grounded his belief in justice and his American heritage cemented the importance he places on equality.

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Tahera Ahmad. Ahmad, Northwestern’s director of interfaith engagement and associate chaplain, said Islam is often falsely characterized as being monolithic.

Those two identities established the fundamentals of his platform as a politician, he said.

“I was raised believing in the responsibilities I had to my fellow equal human because I was both American and Muslim,” El-Sayed said in his speech.

Regardless of religion, Ahmad said politics are involved in every aspect of people’s lives today.

However, as a person of faith, she said she can use her beliefs to engage with the political realities that affect everybody.

“Religion and spirituality, for many people, it’s a...reservoir where (people) dig into the values from their religious tradition, or their spiritual tradition, which informs their action,” Ahmed said. “And so for me, (I) present my religious values to not further divide, but to really advocate for those who are marginalized ... the values can really inform that conversation and move it towards some kind of activism.”

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NU’s goal should be zero-carbon, not carbon neutral CATHERINE BUCHANIEC

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This is the second in a series about sustainability at Northwestern University in light of the 2018 UN Intergovernmental Climate Report. In the report, scientists concluded that in order to prevent 1.5 degrees C of warming, greenhouse gas pollution must be eliminated by 2050 in order to mitigate the major effects of climate change.

In my column last week, I talked about a practice I wanted Northwestern to adopt: The elimination of single-use plastic from out campus. However, this week, the topic I would like to discuss is a goal Northwestern is already aiming to achieve: The reduction of its carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions.

According to its Strategic Sustainability Plan’s Implementation Roadmap, NU intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from its 2012 base line by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Carbon dioxide emissions are the largest contributor to human-induced warming; yet, according to our Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Northwestern’s greenhouse gas emissions have only decreased three percent since its 2012 baseline. In five years, we barely made a dent in the one of the greatest threats to mankind. The rate at which we’re addressing this emerging catastrophe is that of a snail, not one of swift and substantial action.

The mission of sustainNU is to “engage students, faculty and staff in reducing — and

eventually eliminating — NU’s contribution to climate change,” but “eventually” needs to happen sooner rather than later.

In 2010, American University in Washington D.C. pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2020, and in 2018 they did just that, two years ahead of schedule. It took just eight years for a school of more than 13,000 students to become the first carbon-neutral university in the United States.

In contrast, we, a school of over 22,000 students, will take over 38 years to achieve that same goal.

Despite the differences in regards to total enrollment and the overall size of each university’s respective campus, the sentiment is the same. We claim to be committed to fostering environmental and ethical stewardship; however, our actions do not reflect that commitment.

Regardless of our financial budget crisis, environmental sustainability needs to be a priority for NU. In 2017, NU joined countless other U.S. universities, cities and businesses vowing “to take forceful action and to ensure that the U.S. remains a global leader in reducing emissions” despite President Trump’s intentions of pulling out of the Paris Agreement.

However, in light of the recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, “forceful action” needs to happen now.

Thirty-eight years is too long and comes too late to make meaningful impact.

NU has an obligation to itself and to its students who hail from all over globe — including areas that are already being heavily affected by climate change — to expedite its timeline to become carbon-neutral, and better yet, move towards eliminating NU’s use of carbon entirely.

It is important to note that the terms carbon neutrality and net-zero do not refer

to the complete disbandment of the use of carbon; instead, carbon-neutral and netzero refer to the balancing of the amount of carbon released with an equivalent amount offset.

For example, a building with solar panels that produce the same amount of energy it uses from the grid is considered “carbonneutral” or “net-zero.” The building in question still uses energy from the grid, but at the same time, produces an equivalent amount of energy from the solar panels.

Instead of aiming for net-zero/carbonneutral by 2050, we should endeavor to achieve a “zero-carbon” status, meaning our university would be completely offthe-grid, running entirely on renewable energy.

When we limit our goals to net-zero and carbon-neutral, we fail to completely

In March of 2018, I found myself in a top floor Annenberg Hall classroom attending an admitted-students info session, where staff from the Master of Science in Education program welcomed a packed room of soonto-be teachers. It was clear that as a cohort we were passionate, bright-eyed, gregarious and overwhelmingly — I quickly noticed — white.

Almost immediately after entering the room, I felt on edge; was anyone else seeing this? Were they going to talk about “diversity?” They didn’t.

As an admitted student, I took part in two days of icebreakers and get-to-know you activities, all the while meeting and greeting more and more white faces. For what it’s worth, I too am white, so my feelings here were not discomfort per se, but rather frustration, outrage and, sure, guilt. I had essentially already decided I would attend Northwestern’s teaching program after receiving a scholarship offer, and this latest realization did not change my mind.

But since that day, I have thought about what I could do to help make sure the program would not remain such a bastion of whiteness. Fortunately, one required course, “Social Contexts of Education,” encouraged my classmates and me to voice biting critiques of white supremacy in society, our personal lives and teaching practice, giving me hope we could find a common ground from which to critique our program. One aim of this letter is to build on that common ground.

The MSEd program does not live up to the lessons of perhaps its most important course.

Sure, I have little hard proof to substantiate my perception that the program is overwhelmingly white, but only because the MSEd program does not publish data about its racial demographics for its professors, staff or students.

Nor does it include any mention of diversity in its list of “Distinctions of the Elementary and Secondary Teaching Concentrations,” the closest thing the program has to a public mission statement. Silence reduces critics like me to looking at pictures of faculty and MSEd staff to make sure I haven’t imagined some sort of “white scare.”

It should be obvious why such silence is pernicious, not to mention maddening. Nonetheless, it’s worth repeating: silence is not just complicity in white supremacy but also one of its most insidious tools. Silence precludes reflection and works to prevent critique.

Silence is often worse than lying, which at least acknowledges the possibility of a problem.

But, an oblivious person might ask, is this really such a big deal? As long as we teach white people how to teach well, isn’t everything fine? Both the overwhelming whiteness of the U.S. teaching force and the benefits of employing more teachers of color leads me to answer with a resounding no.

According to the U.S. Education Department, about 80 percent of the U.S. public school teaching force is white compared to about 50 percent of their students. While we should not need research to tell us that teachers and school administrators should reflect and represent our students, racially and otherwise, skeptics need not look far for empirical support for such a goal. For just one example, young black male students who encounter even just one black teacher are significantly much more likely to graduate high

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school. Everything is not fine when programs complacently produce more and more white teachers without making an effort to make our teaching force more representative of students.

And yet the MSEd program has made no statement acknowledging its complicity in perpetuating this problem or offered any contribution to solving it.

The context of higher education would seem to make such silence increasingly difficult. Universities across the country, including Northwestern, have announced lofty goals related to diversity, inclusion and equity.

The Office of the Provost’s website claims the University is “committed to increasing our faculty diversity and enhancing our climate of equity and inclusion.” Northwestern both openly touts the diversity of its undergraduates and publishes relevant data, despite Latinx and Black enrollment being significantly lower than the proportions of students graduating high school. For Northwestern at large, at least I can point to its own stated values and data. But for the MSEd program?

Crickets.

So… is the MSEd program too white? Yes. To pretend otherwise is at best to fantasize and at worst to lie.

Yet, as a starting point, I simply call on the MSEd program to publish data on its racial demographics. By making what should be an uncontroversial and easily achievable demand, I hope to crack open the door to a more profound discussion about our program and who we want to teach our youth.

It is clear we all have a lot of work to do.

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Open mic event raises awareness for mental health

By NEYA THANIKACHALAM

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Northwestern students demonstrated the intersection of mental health awareness and art at an open mic event co-hosted by Northwestern Active Minds and The Slam Society on Saturday.

The event featured 10 different performers and was held in the Dittmar Gallery in the Norris University Center. About 30 people attended the event, and performances ranged from spoken word poetry to essays and music performances.

Medill first-year Camille Williams performed a poem she wrote called “The Bongo Man” at the event. Williams told The Daily she uses many different forms of art to express herself, including painting and acting, because she considers her art to be a good outlet for her energetic personality. She added that she enjoys sharing it, which is why she decided to perform at the open mic.

“Art’s a place where I can slow down and just be slow and make something, but also to just make things for me,” Williams said. “So many things all bring me joy and meaning to my life.

It really empowers me and I like that it can empower the people too.”

SESP sophomore Christine Hwang, one of the organizers of the event and a member of NU Active Minds, said the performances were

meant to open up discussions surrounding mental health issues at Northwestern.

There has been a recent push at NU to increase discussion of and reduce taboos surrounding mental health problems and wellness, and Hwang said this event showed that students were willing to talk about these issues through art.

“It really brings people in the mood and you can maybe relate to people’s stories and experiences in a more emotional way than you would if someone were just talking about it,” Hwang said. “It’s a different connection that you have.”

Creating art can reduce stress and anxiety and increase self-esteem, according to Resources to Recover, an organization focused on helping families affected by mental illness. In fact, many performers and audience members spoke in a discussion following the event about how art helped them mentally focus and relax.

Those who chose to participate in the discussion said it was important to focus on a wellness routine — which could be something as simple as leaving campus for a few hours or using NU mental health resources, such as Counseling and Psychological Services.

Students have criticized CAPS for not providing adequate resources for students with mental illnesses, something participants brought up during the discussion. Students also mentioned the importance of self-expression and responding to academic pressure.

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Kourtni McNeil, who helped organize the open mic event, delivers one of her original poems. Nine other students performed at the open mic, which was held to raise awareness of mental illness on campus.

Medill first-year Rhiannon O’Berry, who performed a self-written poem called “Catacombs of the Mind,” spoke during the discussion about how important it is to focus on one’s own mental health and self-care instead of academic achievement.

“I see this in a lot of my friends, and probably in myself, and a lot of people at Northwestern,

is to remember to put the person before the student because if you do that being a student will be easy,” O’Berry said. “So if something’s bothering you, the goal shouldn’t be to swallow that down enough that you can get good grades.

It’s better to have Bs but be at peace.” neyathanikachalam2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Spectators gathered on Sunday in Kresge Hall and the Block Museum of Art to witness the second annual Improve NU Challenge’s semifinal and final rounds.

Improve NU, run by Associated Student Government, allows student teams to pitch ideas to better NU and compete for cash prizes and University funding to kick start those ideas.

Sunday’s competition included a semifinal and final round where each student group presented their idea to a panel of judges that consisted of administrators who were experts in each category. The five categories were divided into Wellness, Academics, Campus Life, Diversity & Inclusion/Affordability and General (Other).

McCormick sophomore Lilliana de Souza won first place with a $750 cash prize and $7,000 of University funding to implement her idea, NPowerU. The multifaceted initiative geared toward campus safety prioritizes giving personal security alarms to students at events like Wildcat Welcome, as well as an advertisement campaign to promote lesser-known campus programs that encourage safety.

Throughout the process, de Souza said she most appreciated the receptive attitude of the judges.

“Not only are they trying to choose a winner, but all eight of them were saying, ‘Oh thank you for sharing’ or ‘Oh I didn’t know that. It was really nice for you to tell us that,’” de Souza said. “They liked us sharing the ideas because they get little snippets of ‘We should change that,’ and that’s what I didn’t know about the competition except for when I was watching it.”

During the presentations in the final round, judges could interject and ask logistical questions. While de Souza spoke, a judge asked, “Why hasn’t this been done yet?” referring to NPowerU. The second and third place winners of Improve NU were eo, a bike-sharing organization, and City Health Tech, which aims to promote better hygiene. Eo won a $500 cash prize and $3,000 of University funding and City Health Tech won a $250 cash prize and $1,000 of funding to implement their ideas.

Communication junior Tyler Ennis competed in the challenge and pitched his idea, Better Box. Ennis said he planned to provide local Evanston businesses with reusable food containers to replace disposable containers, which would be delivered to students when they order from an app like Postmates. Ennis added that the chance to compete was worth it.

“That’s what I really like about Improve NU — it is an opportunity for me as a low-income student to test my idea in front of the people who really need to support me instead of otherwise paying upfront to test out my idea, because not everyone can create the next Amazon in their dorm room,” Ennis said. “Honestly, without a catalyzer like Improve NU, without the risk of embarrassing yourself and also without the award of starting something, I would not have done that.” austinbenavides2022@u.northwestern.edu

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 on the books for when action is going to be taken.”

From page 1 recommendations to the Board of Trustees for investments as needed,” receiving, researching and debating NU community investment proposals.

Last week, four Fossil Free Northwestern members presented a proposal at a Tuesday ACIR meeting, calling on the University to divest itself of all holdings in the top 100 coal, oil and gas companies and commit to a plan of green energy investment.

The proposal would require the University to nix future investments in fossil fuel extraction and sales companies, create a five-year period for it to phase out existing investments and create a new plan for green energy reinvestment.

The proposal — which Gallagher said was submitted to the ACIR in January 2019 — is the first of its kind to be evaluated by the committee. Gallagher said the group reshaped its original proposal to meet the Board of Trustees’ guidelines, answering Board members’ questions about the proposal and responding to feedback communicated in 2015.

Now, Fossil Free Northwestern wants to see action.

“We are seniors,” Gallagher said. “We’ve submitted a proposal before when the ACIR wasn’t around.

I’m graduating after this quarter. We want a date

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From page 1 appeared at Faculty Senate on Feb. 13 to educate faculty on the committee and its goals.

After hearing investment proposals, the ACIR conducts further research on them, including surveying the community’s opinion, then votes whether to pass those proposals onto the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees through the chief investment officer.

At the Faculty Senate meeting, Greenland emphasized that the ACIR does not formulate proposals itself and can only make recommendations to the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees can then choose to accept or reject the proposals.

Staff, faculty and alumni members serve two-year terms on the committee, while undergraduate and graduate members serve one-year terms.

Greenland said he views the ACIR’s role as constructive and will facilitate and aid community members concerned with the University’s investments.

“The purpose of the committee is to really help people who are interested in making proposals to get those proposals to the point that they would be most favorably received by the Board of Trustees,” Greenland said.

He added that proposals to the committee should not target specific investments and that the ACIR is trying to develop a broad investment policy instead of directly affecting specific investments. The ACIR will not necessarily make information about University investments more open to the community, Greenland continued, though a proposal could make a request for more transparency.

last week’s meeting, criticized members of the ACIR for failing to respond to requests for information regarding the Board of Trustees’ investment process.

“What are you doing to press the University to produce information that you can share with the public but isn’t actually being produced?,” she said.

“I don’t understand what the purpose of this is if you’re not going to push the administration to be accountable and give us information.”

Laguna said it’s been difficult for Fossil Free Northwestern to get answers from ACIR in the past, and hopes the committee honors its commitment to transparency.

“We want to see that this isn’t just another piece of red tape between us and the Board of Trustees,” Gallagher said.

‘Red tape’

Weinberg senior Carolina Laguna, a member of Fossil Free Northwestern, said she appreciated the new administrative platform for student activists to receive feedback. But she’s concerned the ACIR is failing to act as a “two-way conduit” between the Board of Trustees and Northwestern community members.

Despite multiple questions from audience members pushing committee members for a clear action timeline on Fossil Free Northwestern’s proposal at the Feb. 19 meeting, Laguna said it’s still unclear what steps the committee is going to take before it pushes forward with a final recommendation.

“We want there to be a clear discussion about what’s happening behind closed doors,” said Moriah Lavey, a Weinberg senior and Fossil Free Northwestern member. “What are the (commitee’s) qualms?

Who are they talking to?”

ACIR secretary Jared Spitz said he “promises” the committee is working as hard as it can to respond to student concerns. He said he hopes the committee will come to a consensus by the end of the academic year, though no guarantees can be made.

But some remain unconvinced.

Weinberg Prof. Jacqueline Stevens, who attended

“Empty proclamations of sustainability”

Since the proposal’s submission, Laguna said Fossil Free Northwestern has begun working on strengthening advocacy and recruiting more members. She said divestment campaigns have historically been successful when they’ve been backed by strong collective action and mass mobilization of students and community members. Fossil Free Northwestern is hoping to build a similar movement.

The fight for divestment at Northwestern mirrors a nationwide trend across college campuses.

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“We don’t talk about the individual investments,” McClean told The Daily last August, though he said his office would share the amount invested in a single country.

The Northwestern Investments Committee endorsed the ACIR’s establishment in November 2016, also approving a charter instituting the committee’s structure and responsibilities. The ACIR is designed to supplement the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, of which the University is a signatory.

The ACIR resembles investment committees at several other institutions, including multiple Ivy League schools and the University of California system. Kellogg Prof. Ravi Jagannathan, who chaired the ACIR last year and still serves as a committee member, said programs at Yale University, Columbia University and Stanford University were particularly influential.

“It’s really an educational mission in the broader sense of the University,” Jagannathan said, emphasizing the ACIR’s role in developing “constructive” proposals.

The committee is still working on developing its role in the community, said Valerie Bullock, an ACIR member and McCormick PhD candidate, with the proposal from Fossil Free Northwestern allowing the committee to establish its practices.

“This proposal has been an opportunity for us to build internal structure around our procedures,” Bullock said. “This is a very young committee, so we’re having to go in and build a lot of procedures that weren’t initially there, so we can actually do the job that we were elected to do.”

From page 1 by environmental justice advocates, goes directly to the source of the issue: generating revenue, Waskow said. But the legislation may not be effective in dramatically reducing carbon emissions, he said.

Waskow said the World Research Institute is currently analyzing the potential effects of a carbon tax.

“You have to think about how you do things like carbon taxation and climate policy in general, with an eye to how it’s going to affect people directly,” Waskow said. “It’s true, not only on the consumer side. It’s true in terms of workers and fossil fuel intensive industries.”

Former Evanston resident Laurie Howick said

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has not been written. He emphasized that the EPD will continue to enforce the law in accordance with the state and city.

Evanston’s current city ordinances state that anyone in possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis must appear before the City’s Division of Administrative Adjudication. If found in violation of the law, they may be fined between $50 and $500 and potentially referred to counseling, rehabilitation or community service. Any person found with more than 10 grams of cannabis will receive a citation to appear before the Second Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County and fined between

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According to Fossil Free Northwestern’s proposal, peer institutions like Stanford University, the University of California system and Yale University have all taken steps to divest themselves of holdings in oil, gas and coal companies.

“While there has been a lot of progress as an institution in terms of emissions and our greenness as a campus, climate change is bigger than just this institution; it’s systemic and ingrained in the economic system,” said Audrey DeBruine, a Medill senior and member of Fossil Free Northwestern.

Lavey said addressing climate change is “the biggest human rights issue” faced by the current generation. She said Northwestern has an obligation to take action — and do so quickly — given its position as an “institution that is global-minded.”

But students are worried that by the time their words are heard, it will be too little, too late.

DeBruine said she doesn’t have a “lot of faith” in the Board of Trustees, given Fossil Free Northwestern’s previous experiences.

“There’s been so much back and forth on what we’re supposed to do,.” Laguna said. “It’s totally inconsistent. Now, all we can do is use the given avenue and hope.” pbaskar@u.northwestern.edu she came to the climate change talk because she is concerned about the planet’s future and is angry at capitalist greed. A California native, Howick has seen the forest fire devastation first-hand, she said. She currently lives on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and is also worried about the threat of sea levels rising.

Howick said she has tried to live more ecoconsciously in the past few years, shifting to a more plant-based diet and shopping more conservatively.

Howick said emphasizing statistics will not drive change most effectively.

“Showing the facts, telling people what’s happening is wonderful,” Howick said. “The gloom and doom needs to be stronger.” snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu the same amounts.

Statewide, anyone with 10 grams of marijuana will receive a citation rather than a criminal charge, according to a bill signed in 2016 by former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.Those convicted of possessing more than 10 grams or those accused of selling the drug still face prison time.

Chicago resident Wendy Zdrodowski said people will use the drug regardless of its legalization, likening its usage to alcohol.

“People are going to do it anyway, so we might as well legalize it, tax it and use the money to help out anybody who might have addiction issues,” said Zdrodowski. jamespollard2022@u.northwestern.edu

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SOFTBALL

NU rallies for 4-1 record in this weekend’s games

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

daily senior staffer @bxrosenberg

Daily file photo by Katie Pach

Morgan Nelson takes a swing. The senior had five hits, including a homer, to help NU to a 4-1 record this weekend.

The nickname “Cardiac Cats” was originally given to the Northwestern football team, but this season, the moniker has applied to softball as well.

With Danielle Williams in the circle, though, the Wildcats (11-3) have to like their chances.

The freshman pitcher led NU to a 4-1 finish at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City, California. Williams threw a one-hit shutout on Friday as the Cats edged Brigham Young (6-7) 1-0. Later that day, she entered a tie game against Duke (6-9) in the seventh, throwing two scoreless innings before hitting a walk-off single in the eighth as NU won 6-5.

Williams had another complete-game win on Saturday, giving up just four hits and one run to Long Beach State (6-8) to lead the Cats to a 2-1 victory. Her magic finally ran out on Sunday, when she held No. 5 Washington (14-1) scoreless through four innings before the Huskies broke through in the fifth to hand Williams her first loss of the season and

claim a 3-1 win. “(Williams) can just control the strike zone,” freshman catcher Jordyn Rudd said. “She does not play around with any pitch. She makes sure that she hits her spot.”

In the tournament opener against the Cougars, senior left fielder Morgan Nelson hit an RBI single in the first inning, and Williams held the one-run lead throughout the game.

The nightcap on Friday was a back-and-forth affair. NU took a 3-1 lead in the first on a single from junior pitcher Morgan Newport and a two-run double by freshman shortstop Maeve Nelson.

The Blue Devils tied it in the third, but Newport put the Cats back in front in the fifth with a two-run single. Duke came back with two runs in the sixth to tie it again before Williams entered in relief and won it with both her arm and bat.

“It’s about playing in the moment and winning the next pitch,” coach Kate Drohan said. “We gave up a couple of late runs to Duke, but I was really happy with the way we were able to fight back. We’re learning how to keep our composure and our poise in that moment.”

Saturday’s game against Utah (5-10) was the

In the last regular season matchup ever for Northwestern’s Conan Jennings, the senior dominated Southern Illinois Edwardsville’s Jake McKiernan to the tune of an 11-0 major decision, one of seven Cats to earn bonus point wins against the Cougars.

And the Wildcats (5-10, 2-7 Big Ten) reeled off eight straight wins on their way to a 36-7 domination over SIUE (6-14, 4-3 Ohio Valley) as Jennings, juniors Zack Chakonis and Alec McKenna, and sophomore Colin Valdiviez all recorded shutouts against their respective opponents.

Chakonis’ win was particularly impressive. He recorded his second straight win by fall, having defeated Illinois’ Andre Lee in similar fashion

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only blowout of the weekend, as NU won 10-0 in five innings with the run rule in effect. Sophomore pitcher Kenna Wilkey went the distance and gave up just two hits, and Maeve Nelson and Rudd drove in three runs apiece.

The Cats led from the outset once again in their second game Saturday against the 49ers. Morgan Nelson got them started with a home run in the first inning, and Williams added an RBI single in the second before taking care of the rest in the circle.

On Sunday, Williams had NU on the verge of a monumental upset. She allowed just one hit through four innings, and a third-inning single by sophomore second baseman Rachel Lewis gave the Cats the lead.

But it was not meant to be. Washington got to Williams for three runs in the fifth, and NU’s offense was shut down after that third inning.

“Today was a missed opportunity. We all know that,” Drohan said. “There are no moral victories here. But there’s a lot that we can learn from that loss. The atmosphere was great; it felt like a playoff game. We will learn a lot from that experience, and we’ll be ready for the next one.”

last week at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Chakonis took a 7-0 lead on opponent Christian Dulaney just three minutes into his match before pinning his opponent to the mat to become the first NU wrestler to win at the new Ryan Fieldhouse.

The streak of success continued as sophomore Sebastian Rivera ended the season like he started it, continuing his stretch of undefeated play at the 125-pound weight class. His technical fall over SIUE’s Gage Datlovsky was his 16th win by bonus points on the season and put the Cats up 15-0 early.

Sophomore Ryan Deakin finished his season by beating SIUE’s Justin Ruffin in an 11-3 major decision, improving his record to 24-2. After leading 8-3 at the end of the second period, Deakin finished Ruffin off with 3 straight third period points, all but putting the dual out of reach for the Cougars, who struggled to find an answer to NU’s high-octane offense all night.

— Greg Svirnovskiy

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Daily file photo by Alison Albelda

Conan Jennings works on the mat. The senior won the final regular season match of his career Saturday.

struggles: Law missed a key free throw that could have put the Cats up by one with 3:15 left. Also, Falzon’s missed 3-point attempt down three with four seconds to play was his fifth miss of the game and NU’s fifteenth miss from deep Saturday.

But on a night when the Cats came within minutes of their first win over a ranked opponent since last February, and when WelshRyan Arena was the loudest and most energetic it’s been this season, there was a small silver lining in dropping 64 points on a team that held NU to just 46 in January.

“Our defensive numbers are fantastic, it’s just our struggles have been on the offensive end, and I thought tonight we were better,” Collins said. “We found some gaps, we got some layups, we got some dunks … Obviously you’re going to look better when you score.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

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If I had to draw it up again I’d want Aaron Falzon to shoot it... Aaron felt like he should have made the shot.

— assistant coach Brian James

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Monday, February 25, 2019

JUST MISSED WISCONSIN

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Northwestern had run this play before, but the other time the Wildcats had used it has been buried in a forgettable season.

Maybe NU drew it up in the second half sometime against Ohio State, a game the Cats lost by 14. Or maybe it was hidden somewhere in losses to Penn State or Nebraska.

But unlike the mysterious “other times” this play was used before Saturday, junior forward Aaron Falzon had a shot that actually mattered — an open three from the right wing with the game in the balance and four seconds to go against Wisconsin.

After calling a timeout with NU down three points against the No. 22 Badgers, Falzon had a chance to tie the game and deliver the best late game heroics so far in the new Welsh-Ryan Arena.

In a game played in front of a packed arena and in front of a crowd that made the last ten shots feel like a tournament berth was at stake, NU was close to upsetting the team with a definite spot

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in the field of 64 and the best big man in the country.

But the shot didn’t fall and the season continues to fall apart. The Cats (12-15, 3-13 Big Ten) lost 69-64 to Wisconsin (19-8, 11-5) and fell to last place in the Big Ten. “If I had to draw it up again I’d want Aaron Falzon to shoot it,” assistant coach Brian James told The Daily, after drawing up the final play in the last huddle of the game. “That’s all you can hope for, that a player you have confidence in gets a clean look at the basket. Aaron felt like he should have made the shot.”

Before Falzon’s miss, NU was in a back-and-forth affair that featured some of the best shot-making the team has displayed in conference play.

Senior forward Vic Law finished with a game-high 24 points and made four jump shots in the final 8 minutes to keep the team in the game.

Senior center Dererk Pardon added 21 points against Badgers center Ethan Happ, while holding the two-time All Big Ten player to only 14 points.

After scoring fewer than 60 points in each of the last three games, the Cats’ two seniors nearly led the team to what likely would have been its most

memorable win of the year.

“Law and Pardon did a really good job tonight,” Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said. “They played like the allconference type performers that they are. Fortunately we had enough on the other end offensively to be able to match that.”

After Pardon made a layup to narrow NU’s deficit to one point with 2:28 to play, the Cats didn’t make a field goal the rest of the way. On Wisconsin’s next possession, guard Brad Davison made a jump-shot the teased the rim before dropping in off the third bounce, and down three points, NU didn’t go for the tie until Falzon’s shot with four seconds left.

With four games remaining in the regular season, the Cats are the only Big Ten team with three wins in conference play.

“I’m down about tonight’s game but I’m not down about how we played,” coach Chris Collins said. “We just weren’t able to get over the hump. You’re not always worthy of winning, but I thought tonight we were. And that’s why I’m upset for my guys.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern. edu

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

NU’s offense wakes up in its loss Cats lose two of three

By ELLA BROCKWAY

daily senior staffer @ellabrockway

On paper, Northwestern’s 69-64 loss to No. 22 Wisconsin was more of the same: the Wildcats lost their fifth Big Ten game by five or fewer points, and their losing streak extended to eight games.

But on the floor, there were improvements worth noting, coach Chris Collins said in the postgame news conference.

“We’ve been terrific defensively all year. Our problem has been our inability to score at a lot of times, just to manufacture offense,” Collins said. “If you take out the Iowa game, we’re in the low 50s or the 40s in every game, and you’re not going to win in the Big Ten scoring 48 or 52 points, so I thought we executed well tonight.”

NU (12-15, 3-13 Big Ten) gave its best offensive performance of late against the Badgers (19-8, 11-5), shooting above 40 percent for just the fourth time in 2019 and putting up more than 60 points for the second time since a Jan. 22 win against Indiana. Its assistto-turnover ratio — 17 assists to three turnovers — was the highest it has been this season at 5.67.

Seniors Vic Law and Dererk Pardon each scored 20 or more points in the same game for the first time in their NU careers.The two average a combined 29.3 points per game, nearly half of the Cats’ average total of 66.2.

Law, who finished with 24 on Saturday, kept the Cats alive during the second half when he scored 11 straight.

Pardon’s 21 points were the most a starting center has scored on the Badgers in Big Ten play during this 201819 campaign.

“We just played with confidence,” Pardon said. “Our coach told us to just come out and shoot our shots, and that’s what we did. We ran our offense pretty well, we executed when we needed to.”

With Law and Pardon receiving the majority of the offensive looks, no other player finished with more than

6 points. Forwards A.J. Turner, Aaron Falzon and Miller Kopp and sophomore guard Anthony Gaines each played more than 20 minutes and didn’t make more than two shots, but all four players took five or more field goal attempts and stayed aggressive on the offensive end.

NU finished with an adjusted offensive efficiency rating — an advanced statistic that estimates the points per 100 possessions that a team would score against the average Division I defense on a given night — of 117.5 in the loss to the Badgers, according to stats provided by college basketball analyst Bart Torvik. Omitting the anomalous buzzer-beater defeat

at Iowa on Feb. 10, in which the Cats earned a rating of 119.7, Saturday was the first time since a Nov. 23 win over La Salle that NU’s rating was higher than 115 points.

“We ran some sets that were causing them problems with our spacing,” Collins said. “I thought we got some rolls on Dererk, Vic was able to get some separation on shots … That’s why you prepare for these games, so you can try to find some holes to exploit a really good team.”

With only four games left in the regular season, it may be too little too late for NU. There were still visible offensive » See OFFENSE, page 7

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Dererk Pardon celebrates a string of baskets. He scored 21 points against Wisconsin on Saturday.

games against Duke

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

the daily northwestern @ericr_l

In a series that began a day later than scheduled due to rain, Northwestern experienced a heartbreaking walk-off loss in game one, a debilitating blowout in game two and a resounding win in game three.

The Wildcats’ (3-4) resiliency was on display in the third game on Sunday, as the program picked up its first ever-win over Duke (6-1) holding on for a 5-3 victory. This was on the heels of being swept in a doubleheader Saturday losing 5-4 in 10 innings in game one, and then losing 23-8 in a game that carried over into the early hours of Sunday morning.

Coach Spencer Allen said after the tough day on Saturday, he addressed his players individually. “ We had some guys really swinging the bat well, really pitching well, and then we had some guys on the complete opposite spectrum,” he said. “If you play baseball long enough, you’re going to go on the downside of a tough outing or tough three or four plate appearances. I just said ‘Come together, pick each other up, really make sure we stay together,’ and they just did a good job.”

Junior pitcher Hank Christie, who threw six innings of one-run ball in game one with a career-high ten strikeouts, noted the importance of making sure his teammates stayed confident.

Christie was one of several bright spots this weekend for the Cats tossing in his second straight strong performance to start off the season. He threw six innings, allowing only one run against Brigham Young last week, and said he played a role in keeping

the team confident. “ We definitely pulled guys aside, just made sure they don’t lose faith,” he said. “It’s week two, so for (some) guys that was their first real opportunity or second real opportunity.”

In the batters’ box, NU was aided by redshirt freshman David Dunn, who had multiple hits in all three games against Duke, adding to a total of five in six games started this season.

He also scored the go-ahead run in the Cats’ three-run eighth inning on Sunday after a pinch-hit triple from junior outfielder Leo Kaplan. “(I) just felt comfortable knowing what pitch that I’m looking for and being able to attack the fastballs,” Dunn said. “That’s been our game plan all week long, so just going out there with that mindset and getting on base however I can and score some runs.”

David’s brother, senior shortstop Jack Dunn, also had a big weekend.

He had multiple hits in all three games as well, boosting his season batting average to .414.

Sophomore outfielder Casey O’Laughlin had four hits over the three games, including a three-run homer Saturday.

On Sunday the Cats left Durham Bulls Athletic Park feeling more confident as a team.

Despite their losses on the Blue Devils’ practice field on Saturday, Christie said the team isn’t disappointed with the result of the series.

“We’re a better team in my opinion,” Christie said. “Saturday was a mess, but in the first and third games we kind of crushed them statistically, so it’s bittersweet, but very happy to get out of here with a win.” ericrynston-lobel2022@u.northwestern.edu